Stirrup



PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER R. OLMS'IEAID, OF GIMARRON, NEW MEXICO.

STIRRUP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 12, 1921.

Application filed Au ust 24, 1920. Serial No. 405,664.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WVALTER R. OLMSTEAD, acitizen of the United States, residing at Cimarron, in the county ofColfax and State of New Mexico, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Stirrups, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends the provision of an adjustable stirrup,wherein the foot piece is adjustable with regard to the sides of thestirrup, and wherein the latter are formed to lie beneath the foot pieceto afford the construction in its entirety a maxi- 'men strength anddurability.

The nature and advantages of the inven tion will be better understoodwhen the following detail description is read in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the invention residing in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this application like numerals ofreference indicate similar parts in the several views.

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a stirrup constructed in accordancewith my invention.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 ofFig. 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, 10 indicates the foot piece of thestirrup,'11 the side members thereof, the latter being connected attheir upper ends by means of a cross bar at 12 whlch accommodates theusual strap 13. The stirrup may vary in general configuration oroutline. It is in this particular instance shown as having the footpiece slightly curved, while the terminals of the foot piece are splitand formed to provide loops 1 1 which slidably receive the side members11. The side members are provided with a plurality of openings 15 whichare adapted to be singly brought into registration with the opening 16of the loop,

and the alined openings accommodating a pin or other suitable lockingelements 17 for holding the foot piece fixed relatively to the sidemembers. The construction obviously provides for the adjustment of thestirrup. The side members 11 are also slightly curved so that the freeterminals thereof conform to the curvature of the foot piece 10 lyingbeneath the latter and affording the stirrup proper strength andrigidity.

lVhile it is believed that from the. fore going description the natureand advantages of the invention will be readily apparent I desire tohave it understood that I do not limit myself to what is herein shownand described and that such changes may be resorted to whendesired asfall within the scope of what is claimed.

What I claim is:

1. A stirrup'including a foot piece and side members, a bar connectingsaid members at the top, said side members being adjustable with respectto the foot piece, said side members being designed to conform to theshape of the foot piece so that the free terminals thereof underlie thefoot piece for the purpose specified, and means for holding said partsfixed relatively in a given position.

2. An adjustable stirrup comprising a foot piece, side members, saidfoot piece terminating in loops to slidably receive the side members,means for holding said foot piece and side members fixed relatively in agiven vosition, said side member conforming to the shape of the footpiece so that the free terminals thereof underlie the foot piece for thepurpose specified, and a bar connecting the upper ends of the sidemembers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WALTER R. OLMSTEAD.

